Fighters nicknames ! guess the boxer ?

[Real King Kong]

My fav is "Hispanic causin panic"

[saintpat]

James Green is Hard Rock.

The Matchstick Man aka The Merthyr Matchstick (after his hometown in Wales) aka The Bionic Bantam was the late Johnny Owen, who tragically tied when he was knocked out by Lupe Pintor in a brutal and savage fight. RIP, Johnny.

You probably meant Hatcher for Mad Dog, but to me it's Edgar "Mad Dog" Ross, who was a junior middleweight contender in the late 70s/early 80s, as he's from my hometown.

[saintpat]

I'll throw in:

1. Termite
2. Old Bones
3. Orchid Man
4. Explosive Thin Man
5. Thunder
6. Atomic Bull
7. Atom Bomb
8. Mysterious
9. Two Ton
10. Sweet

[El Gitano]

I'll throw in:

1. Termite
2. Old Bones
3. Orchid Man
4. Explosive Thin Man
5. Thunder
6. Atomic Bull
7. Atom Bomb
8. Mysterious
9. Two Ton
10. Sweet

All I got:

1. Termite
2. Old Bones
3. Orchid Man
4. Explosive Thin Man: Alexis Arguello
5. Thunder: Arturo Gatti
6. Atomic Bull: Oliver McCall
7. Atom Bomb
8. Mysterious
9. Two Ton: I remember hearing the nickname "Two Ton Tony"
10. Sweet

[M Bison]

How about an Honorable Mention for this guy? He has one of the best ring names in the history of boxing

[saintpat]

All I got:

1. Termite
2. Old Bones
3. Orchid Man
4. Explosive Thin Man: Alexis Arguello
5. Thunder: Arturo Gatti
6. Atomic Bull: Oliver McCall
7. Atom Bomb
8. Mysterious
9. Two Ton: I remember hearing the nickname "Two Ton Tony"
10. Sweet

Well, I'd say "Two Ton" was the nickname since Galento's first name was Tony. But you are correct on those four.

[BattlingNelson]

I'll throw in:

1. Termite
2. Old Bones
3. Orchid Man
4. Explosive Thin Man
5. Thunder
6. Atomic Bull
7. Atom Bomb
8. Mysterious
9. Two Ton
10. Sweet

1 ?
2 Clarence Adams
3 ?
4 ... not Maurice Blocker....
5 Jesse Ferguson, Gatti
6 McCall
7?
8 Billy Smith
9 Tony Galento
10 ...Pea.... lol.

[saintpat]

1 ?
2 Clarence Adams
3 ?
4 ... not Maurice Blocker....
5 Jesse Ferguson, Gatti
6 McCall
7?
8 Billy Smith
9 Tony Galento
10 ...Pea.... lol.

Clarence Adams was "Bones," not "Old Bones." Hint: ATG (at least borderline ATG) from a much earlier era.

And not "Sweet Pea," haha, although that's a great nickname with an interesting story.

Apparently Pernell Whitaker's nickname (not boxing name, but what people called him as a youth) was Pete. So he was fighting in some national amateur championship that was in ******ia, where he's from, and he had a lot of fans there.

When he was schooling someone in the final, his fans/friends started chanting "Sweet Pete ... Sweet Pete." Only a newspaper reporter there misunderstood the chant and thought they were chanting "Sweet Pea" and used that in his story ... and it stuck.

I always liked the explanation that Doc Kearns, a great manager from yesteryear, offered AJ Liebling on Billy Smith's nickname: "He was always doing something mysterious ... like he'd step on your foot and when you looked down he'd bite you on the ear." Ah, the days of the truly colorful boxing types.

I'll supply answers whenever anyone likes, but I'd like to see if someone gets it. Most of these are from the 1980s or before.

[BattlingNelson]

Clarence Adams was "Bones," not "Old Bones." Hint: ATG (at least borderline ATG) from a much earlier era.

And not "Sweet Pea," haha, although that's a great nickname with an interesting story.

Apparently Pernell Whitaker's nickname (not boxing name, but what people called him as a youth) was Pete. So he was fighting in some national amateur championship that was in ******ia, where he's from, and he had a lot of fans there.

When he was schooling someone in the final, his fans/friends started chanting "Sweet Pete ... Sweet Pete." Only a newspaper reporter there misunderstood the chant and thought they were chanting "Sweet Pea" and used that in his story ... and it stuck.

I always liked the explanation that Doc Kearns, a great manager from yesteryear, offered AJ Liebling on Billy Smith's nickname: "He was always doing something mysterious ... like he'd step on your foot and when you looked down he'd bite you on the ear." Ah, the days of the truly colorful boxing types.

I'll supply answers whenever anyone likes, but I'd like to see if someone gets it. Most of these are from the 1980s or before.

Just to add to your sweet pea story, I once read a feature about Whittaker in The Ring where he showed off his robe with Sweet Pee on it. As I recall it was a robe made to him by organizers of a World championship in AM-boxing. I think it was France.

[saintpat]

Just to add to your sweet pea story, I once read a feature about Whittaker in The Ring where he showed off his robe with Sweet Pee on it. As I recall it was a robe made to him by organizers of a World championship in AM-boxing. I think it was France.

Now that's Sweet.